Musical Metaverse made in Europe: an innovation lab for musicians and audiences of the future.

Introduction

The grand challenge of this project is to create the basis for a paradigm shift in the way music is performed and experienced, by leveraging the new creative possibilities offered by the emerging Musical Metaverse.

Objectives

The consortium aims to achieve this ambitious challenge through:

1. Socio-Cognitive Breakthrough
   Gaining a deep understanding of the emerging needs and concerns of contemporary musicians and audiences via collaborative design activities and neuro-physiological measurements.

2. Technological Breakthrough
   Developing radically novel concert platforms and devices that can exchange information among each other via ultra-reliable low-latency wireless networks, with privacy and security constraints.

3. Musical Breakthrough
   Creating novel concert formats that exploit the technological and socio-cognitive breakthroughs.

Methodology

This project uses an interdisciplinary methodology that combines:

• Human-Computer Interaction
• Engineering
• Cognition
• Music

This approach draws from the scientific excellence of the partners involved.

Industrial Collaboration

Industrial partners will provide know-how for proof of concept prototypes. Through this disruptive approach, the project will provide a pipeline to the technological development of a new class of musical interfaces and Musical Metaverse ecosystems, whose features will go substantially beyond current systems.

Impact

The proposed approach aspires to effect a step-change in the design of musical interfaces and systems to musically interact online, resulting in a potentially high economic impact on the music industry. The envisioned technological advancements for the musical domain will provide key solutions for true real-time collaborative activities in the Metaverse in general.

Research Aspects

The project involves both theoretical and experimental aspects, and is a high-impact endeavor from which basic science, EU industry, and society can benefit.